Japan has refused to spy on Internet traffic for the NSA, offering the amazing excuse that it would be unconstitutional for them to do so.
According to Snowden-sourced documents passed to The Guardian, the NSA tried to get Japan to help it tap all transpacific traffic passing though Japanese tubes with the hopes of seeing what the sneaky Chinese were up to.
Unlike their spineless UK lapdogs, the USA’s demands that Japan assist its indiscriminate spying operations by tapping undersea data cables were apparently rejected, on the astonishing and by American standards rather quaint grounds that it would be a violation of the Japanese constitution to do so.
The scale of the proposed operation was also apparently so large that Japan’s comparatively sensibly sized spy agencies would be unable to manage it without private sector assistance, further discouraging them.
Whatever the actual reason – some have also suggested fears about letting a rampant US spy agency hand over choice Japanese trade secrets to US companies might have had something to do with it – the news has surprised many who thought Japan to be amongst the most supine of the US “allies.”
well done, next step: remove porn censorship! xD
even if they’re a bit close-minded, japan is surely better than my asslicker cocksucker country, pastaland..
japan doesn’t need to spy. everything their populace wants is obviously laid out. #IDOLMASTER SUGOI
As an American following the disgraceful unraveling of my countries honor and respect for our allies, I just gotta say that if the day comes that we see nations from under every flag begin landing on our beaches and marching across our North and South borders, I’m just gonna say “Whelp, I’m pretty sure we deserved this.”
Seriously?! Spying on our own allies?! WHY?! Did Obama and his batshit paranoid NSA think there were t-e rr-or ists (sic for my safety and privacy goddamn is this what my country has come to?) hiding in their allies’ closets?
TL;DR: Good on you Japan! Way to actually have principles! Because we sure as hell don’t.
Of course Japan shares data with the NSA. It may not be at the level as the UK and other countries, but they still share data.
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I know what America plan is they are trying to taunt Japan to make wrong s♥♥t. From that event I believe I america will gain some profit well huge profit
From what I know America solve the problem that they create themselves not the real problem of the world. And America don’t want to be superior by other country they are jealous a lot of other developed country.Their government is jealous when when people other country life style are more advance than US.They are jealous when other country low in crime rate.
All I know America is pretty wick.If you look back the history American colonize other country with snoopy pussy way. There are a lot more ….
but I guess that enough.